Improvement in car-couplings



E. L. FOR-EMAN.

Improvement in Car-Couplings. ,No. 114,124. I Patented April25,'187i.

ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.EDVVIN L. FOREMAN, OF RANTOUL, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 114,124, dated April 25, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. FOREMAN, of Rantoul, in the county of Ohampaign, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Coupling; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a ear-coupling, as will he hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 is afrontelevation, of my car-coupling.

A represents a frame, of any suitable size or construction, arranged under a car, and in which the draw-head B is placed. On top of this draw-head is hinged a metal strap, 0, which I call a hammer-strap. The outer or front end of this strap is curved upward, as shown in Fi g. 1, and the coupling-pin I) passes through the same as well as through the draw head B. The object of this strap is to accommodate the coupling to diiferent heights of cars.

If one car should be too high for another, so that the coupling-link could not enter the draw-head, then it will pass over the drawhead and under the hammer-strap, and then, when the pin is inserted, the cars will still be coupled.

Through the front end of the frame A is passed a cross-bar, a, which can be adjusted up and down, so as to allow the hammer-strap C any desired room for play, either more or less, as may be necessary, and this bar is held by a pin, I), as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hammer-strap O, hinged on the upper side of the draw-head, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the hammer-strap G, the adjustable bar a and pin 1), substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of January, 1871.

EDWIN L. FOREMAN. Witnesses:

E. W. SMITH, J. W. DODGE. 

